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File: 102996_sep96_decls4_0002.txt
Subject: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Unit: OTSG
Parent Organization: HSC
Box ID: BX003204
Folder Title: MORBIDITY AMONG NATIONAL GUARD SERVICEMEMBERS DURING ODS
Document Number: 1
Folder SEQ #: 4
OTH TECH & ALLIED SPEC 50 1056 1106
> 4.Sk 95.5% > 2.5%
1.2?c 2-7t
SERVICE & SUPPLY HAND 1 798 11202 1 12000
> 6.7@ 93.3% > 27.69c
1 19.0?c 28.5% 1
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Total 4208 39344 1 43552
1 9.7t 90.3t
Chi square 2700..83
Degrees of freedom = 9
p value = 0.00000000 < ---
Morbidity
Of the 43,552 National Guard servicemembers, 2,764 (6.3% of
population) (lo.G% female, 89.4% male) suffered illness or injury
during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Length of hospitalization ranged from 0 to 11,384 days, with
a mean of 48.379 days, a median of 3.000 days, and a mode of
2.000 days (Table 5, Figure 1).
Table 5 - Duration of Hospitalization
Total Sum Mean Variance Std Dev Std Err
2764 133719 48.379 466237.970 682.816 12.988
Minimum 25-06ile Median 75%ile Maximum Mode
0.000 2.000 3.000 6.000 11384.000 2.000
Student's 'It", testing whether mean differs from zero.
T statistic = 3.725, df = 2763 p-value = 0.00040
There were 160 ill or injured individuals (5.8'-.) who had
ays; among the 2,604 Guardsmen with'one or more sick
days, the mean was 10.264 days, the median 4 days, and the mode 2
days (Table 6).
Table 6 - Sick Day Statistics
Total Sum Mean Variance Std Dev Std Err
2604 26728 10.264 387.344 19.681 0.386
Minimum 25iile Median 75?oile Maximum Mode
1.000 2.000 4.000 10.000 248.000 2.000
Student's 'It", testing whether mean differs from zero.
T statistic = 26.613, df 2603 p-value = 0.00000
Among the 2,764 ill or injured Guardsmen, 245 (8.9*-.) had 0
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Box ID = BX003204
Unit = OTSG
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Folder Title = MORBIDITY AMONG NATIONAL GUARD SERVICEMEMBERS DURING ODS
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Subject = DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 25-OCT-1996